To Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of "Rongyang Zhengyifang" Tea Bag With COVID-19 Variant Virus
- Conditions
- Herbal Interaction
- Interventions
- Other: placebo tea bagOther: Rong-Yang Zhengyifang" tea bag
- Registration Number
- NCT05504447
- Lead Sponsor
- Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
- Brief Summary
The strategy of our study is to use traditional Chinese medicine tea to regulate physical fitness and strength can be enhanced to help patients with mildly diagnosed COVID-19 variant virus to achieve self-recovery ability and avoid the development of moderate and severe symptoms.
- Detailed Description
According to the "Interim Guidelines for the Clinical Treatment of Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 Infection" published by the CDC of the Ministry of Health and Welfare on June 23, 2021, it can be classified into mild, moderate, severe and extremely severe according to the classification of its related clinical manifestations.
Current clinical studies have found that COVID-19 primarily attacks the bronchioles and alveoli of the lower respiratory tract. In severe cases, it may induce an inflammatory response, leading to pulmonary airway and alveolar damage, and even pulmonary fibrosis.
The strategy of our study is to use traditional Chinese medicine tea to regulate physical fitness and strength can be enhanced to help patients with mildly diagnosed COVID-19 variant virus to achieve self-recovery ability and avoid the development of moderate and severe symptoms.It may reduce the expenditure of health insurance and medical expenses, and more importantly, if it can be administered timely to block the progression of the disease when mild-to-moderate symptoms occur, it can also reduce the burden of hospital medical care.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 92
- Aged over 20 years old, according to the guidelines of the Epidemic Command Center, during home isolation and self-epidemic prevention or home quarantine period, use the home novel coronavirus antigen rapid screening reagent to test positive, and after the medical staff confirms the relevant symptoms or the PCR test is positive, it is determined as Those who were mildly diagnosed and who did not use antiviral drugs were given tea immediately.
- Patient characteristics: Exclude women under the age of 20, incapacitated, pregnant or breastfeeding
- Disease characteristics: subjects who have been diagnosed with mental illness by Western medicine, and who have long-term diarrhea or long-term use of traditional Chinese medicine
- Environmental characteristics: other conditions that prevent the patient from cooperating. Such as being unsuitable after screening, not signing the subject's consent form, etc.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description placebo tea bag placebo tea bag The appearance is exactly the same as the Zhengyifang tea bag, and the ingredient is oolong tea Rong-Yang Zhengyifang" tea bag Rong-Yang Zhengyifang" tea bag 1. Inclusion criteria: Aged over 20 years old, according to the guidelines of the Epidemic Command Center, during home isolation and self-epidemic prevention or home quarantine, use a household novel coronavirus antigen rapid screening reagent to test positive, and after the medical staff confirms the relevant symptoms or the PCR test is positive, it is determined to be mild. Those who were diagnosed with severe disease and who did not use antiviral drugs were given tea immediately. 2. Exclusion criteria: (1)Patient characteristics: excluded under 20 years of age, incapacity, pregnancy or lactation women (2)Disease characteristics: Western medicine has clearly diagnosed mental diseases (3)Environmental characteristics: Other conditions that prevent the patient from cooperating. If you feel unwell after screening not to sign the subject's consent form, etc.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Questionnaire Evaluation 7days The questionnaire contains a total of 28 assessment items:
Divided into 7 major aspects: nasal symptoms (6 questions), eye symptoms (2 questions), Sleep condition (4 questions), ear symptoms (5 questions), overall symptoms (7 questions), daily life Influence (4 questions) and the influence of emotions (3 questions). According to the patient's 7 days,the symptoms within are scored for each item, and the first category is to evaluate the symptoms of this item. The first score ranges from 0 points (no such symptoms) to 5 points (extremely severe Heavy); The second category is to assess the importance of this symptom to the patient, starting from 1 Points (not important) to 4 points (very important). Multiply these two fractions together to get the symptom-impact score , this is the individual evaluation score of each patient for each symptom.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Rapid screening reagent screening 7days Comparison of the number of days from a positive diagnosis of rapid screening to a negative test
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Center for Traditional Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital
🇨🇳Taipei county, Taiwan